I Built a Complete Design System in Two Days Using AI
Your Design Tokens Are Stuck in 2020
Design Systems Are No Longer Component Libraries.
Developers have always structured components this way.
Step 1: Create design-system.html in your repo
For years, design systems have been treated as the gold standard
In recent years, our work with design systems has shifted dramatically
Most design systems look perfect in Figma.
Let’s be honest — most design systems start with good intentions
Over the years, design systems have felt like they have drifted away from product needs a bit
When design systems first became standard in digital product teams, they solved a clear problem
Categorising and naming tokens is HARD
Somewhere around 2015, the design community decided that “design systems” were the answer to every problem.
Designers work in Figma. Engineers work in code. Handoff
In the early days, tokens seemed like magic.
Design systems industrialize design. That’s a fact
designers were detaching components at an alarming rate
digital products never reach the stage where a design system becomes necessary
As design systems become more complex, the role of the design system designer is evolving.
Some people talk about design systems.
In practice, design tokens have become the new meetings
At some point, every UI designer runs into a similar problem, running out of usable colors.
Design tokens might sound like trendy jargon
this opens the door to some design system utopia
Design systems are so much more than tokens! (and components)
deliriously happy with my figma / design tokens
Design tokens are basically design decisions
Design systems were built for a world where humans made every pixel by hand.